Hampton Medic Charged With Sex Abuse Of A Minor

GLOUCESTER — The firefighter is also being held on child pornography charges.

A Hampton medic and firefighter was jailed without bond Monday in Gloucester County on multiple charges of child sexual abuse.

Gloucester County sheriff's deputies arrested William Lester Graham, 29, at his Gloucester home Thursday on Mumford View Drive, charging him with six counts of forcible sodomy involving a juvenile, said Sheriff's Lt. John Schick Jr. on Monday.

Schick said Graham was taken into custody Thursday after deputies searched his home on a warrant and seized several items, including a computer.

Graham was also charged the following day with possession of child pornography and production of child pornography.

Schick declined to identify the victim's gender or exact age, saying only that victim was younger than 18. He withheld the information partly to help protect the victim's identity as well as to aid investigators, who were still examining possible evidence, he said.

Graham has been employed by the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue since July 2002, said Battalion Chief Anne-Marie Loughran.

Loughran said Graham has been on a regularly scheduled break in his duty schedule, and that her department had not been formally notified his Graham's arrest.

"We were informed by a family member," she said.

She said no decision had been made officially as to Graham's status, but that according to standard policy, someone charged with a felony would be placed on paid administrative leave until the case is resolved. *